Long-running Mexican dance music festival BPM will this September stage its debut European event, in the Portuguese coastal resort of Praia da Rocha.

BPM Festival Portugal, running from 14 to 17 September, will be soundtracked by an as-yet unannounced line-up featuring a “discerning selection of DJs from the house and techno spectrum”, reads the launch announcement.

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